Foster-Amstrong
House
(c. 1790)
320 River Road
Montague, NJ
Maintained by Montague
Association for the Restoration of Community History (MARCH)
as a museum. It is open on Sunday afternoons during the summer
between the hours of 1 and 4pm, and by request for tours (Jan.-
Oct ) It has displays of local interest and memorabilia. The house
is also open the 2 weekends following Thanksgiving day for its
Holiday Weekends!
Franklin
Mineral Museum
Evans Street
P.O. Box 54
Franklin 07416
Open April 1 through November 30
An exhibit of minerals indigenous to the Franklin area, including
many different types of fluorescent rock samples. Rock collecting
is also offered.
Garris
Center
Culver Brook Restoration Foundation
Broad Street
Branchville 07826
This group is restoring a 1900’s ice cream parlor, blacksmith
shop; also a private residence and the home of The
County Theatre.
Neighborhood
House (Formerly the Mary W. Dixon Library)
c/o Historical Society of Stillwater Township
P.O. Box #23
Stillwater, NJ 07875
A large file provides space for a file of clippings and records
of the Township. Gifts and books selected from the library collection
make up the nucleus of a reference collection. One way in which
the Society is recording Stillwater history is by maintaining
a file of family histories and genealogies at the Museum. Descendants
of early residents as well as those now living in Stillwater
are invited to contribute to this file.
Old Schoolhouse
and Firehouse Museum
corner of Route 517 & Passaic Street
Ogdensburg, NJ 07439
This old building originally was a 1910, two-story brick addition
to a building that had been erected in 1872 and was the last
of a series of four early schools built in Ogdensburg. In 1930,
the original part of the building was demolished and the addition
moved to its present site and was converted to the house the
borough's first firehouse and was used as such until 1972.
Old
Monroe Stone School House
R.D. 2, Box 531
Hamburg, NJ 07419
973-827-9402
This building is a preserved New Jersey landmark which is on
the National Register of Historic Places.
Newton
Fire Museum
150 Spring Street
Newton, NJ 07860
The museum is located in the old firehouse and the museum displays
antique fire equipment.
Peters
Valley Craftsman
19 Kuhn Road
Layton, NJ 07851
This is a gallery and store featuring hundreds of handmade items
produced by resident and American craftsman. The crafts village
is open in the summer.
Elias
Van Bunschooten Museum
Route 23
Wantage Township, NJ 07461
In 1785, the Reverend Elias Van Bunschooten was sent by the
Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church to take charge of three consistories,
Maghagamack, Minisink and Walpack. He was thirty-seven when
he went there and served the area for forty years until his
death. This was his house and was built in 1787. They have a
Genealogical Library with a large collection of Lineage books
and the library is open by appointment.
Space
Farms Zoo & Museum
Route 519
Wantage, NJ 07461
This is a 100-acre family park, featuring hundreds of North
American and exotic wildlife. The museum displays a collection
of antiques, antique automobiles, carriages and big game trophies.
The
Sterling Hill Mining Museum
30 Plant Street
Ogdensburg, NJ 07439
Visit a real underground mine. A National Historic Site "Non
Profit Foundation"
Waterloo
Village
Stanhope, NJ 07874
This is a working restoration of this old community alongside
the former Morris Canal. It features costumed guides, a grist
mill, a general store and the Towpath Tavern. It is the home
of the Waterloo Music Festival.
Wild
West City
Route 206
P.O. Box 37
Netcong, NJ 07857
This is a re-creation of a village in the Wild West. It offers
22 shows a day, including stagecoach holdups and the gunfight
at the OK Corral. Visitors can take pony, stagecoach, and train
rides.
